The Bible says, "Thou shalt not commit adultery." Christ said, I tell you that anyone who looks on a woman with lust has in his heart already committed adultery. Is this ANYTHING but men?/sarc;) Zot 'em.
Posted on 06/28/2011 8:59:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Getting stuck by lightning might seem like one of the ultimate random acts of natural violence. But perhaps it's less random than you think; men tend to get shocked more often than women.
That's according to AccuWeather.com, reports the Sun-Sentinel, which says 82% of the 648 people killed in the U.S. between 1995 and 2008 were male.
This unequal relationship goes back a long way. According to a 1999 paper that looked at lightning-caused damages since 1959, men accounted for 84% of lightning deaths and 82% of injuries. Guys were 4.6 times more likely to be killed and 5.3 times more likely to be injured than women.
Why the gender-skewed victims? Perhaps because men take more risks in lightning storms, according to an official from the National Weather Service.
Other factors at play, according to the 1999 paper -- where you live and when you're exposed. Florida had the highest number of actual deaths and injuries, while Wyoming and New Mexico had the highest injury rates with population taken into account. Sunday saw 24% more deaths than any other day of the week. Lightning casualty rates tended to peak in July.
So whatever you do, don't go golfing on a high hill with a metal club in the middle of a thunderstorm in Florida on a Sunday in July. Oh yeah, and try not to be a dude.
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Men are bigger so more conductive water,taller so a higher target and have more iron in their blood so better grounded.
Women and minorities hardest hit.
Now you’re confusing the issue with science. The LSM meme here is men are stupid.
C’mon, stick with the propaganda, will ya? /sarc
“Men are bigger so more conductive water,taller so a higher target and have more iron in their blood so better grounded.”
Corrected = “Men are better grounded.”
Mayhap men are out and about more then women (e.g. construction workers)?
Very good point. In the late 1960s, the era of the beehive haircut, I'm sure the trend was reversed.
It’s due to our magnetic personalities, no doubt.
Schocking.
That is why I have curly hair.
What a load of buLLBZTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
Check with ex-congressman Weiner, he’ll tell you about lightning rods...
>Perhaps because men take more risks in lightning storms, according to an official from the National Weather Service. <
AND who made men go out in the thunderstorm to do stupid things? Women.
Men are more attractive.
(esp. when holding onto a golf club in the middle of a thunderstorm)
The Bible says, "Thou shalt not commit adultery." Christ said, I tell you that anyone who looks on a woman with lust has in his heart already committed adultery. Is this ANYTHING but men?/sarc;) Zot 'em.
I wonder if that might be because many of them stand on golf courses in the lightening where they might be the tallest thing holding metal objects? Just a guess....
men have 2 ball bearings.
Also, if you’ve followed bands and symphonies, most conductors are men, suggesting that men must be better conductors than women, thus more likely to attract an electric charge.
Men have probably 10 times greater exposure to lightning than women.
Golf and fishing probably explains it,
I was struck by lightning in Germany, Marching in a storm. Remember the ozone smell and bright light, my back is still killing me.
Golf and fishing probably explains it,
I was struck by lightning in Germany, Marching in a storm. Remember the ozone smell and bright light, my back is still killing me.
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